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Camden, south carouna, fridav, may 30, 1919.
volume XXXI
^JTor honor awahukd.
Ilgfi
?Kl)At
(Tih??Jh>V tftate.)
^ewlouil ,)u'
.tven young mou in the
iif n**1"
^ ,dwirwl hi* mauy qualities came to
(.Vluii.hia for the ceremony. Last night
^ iud Serft. Hohaon Hilton of Cam
den, who ab*> won a congressional medal
the juestH of honor at a banquet
? the Jefferson Hotel, given by Cam
den folk. .Both are to receive English
liter.
ViUeplgue, the young wvan'a
g^er, was at the camp yesterday and
pi commendable pride in the country's
jetton of tho ibrave act of her son.
pt congratulations showered upon the
yi were no less lavishly -extended the
Dtber.
The medal was presented by Major
j?. George W. Head, commander of
fcnp Jackson, who made a short speech.
foUy commending the gallantry of the
|Hif man for his heroic fighting In the
^ of ?? unequal odd*
A batallion of the Forty-eighth Iu
llitry was inspected aud reviewed as
'part of the ceremony, Maj. Benjamin
I. Mills in command. Col. Harry R.
was the commanding officer of the
mn?, and Capt. It, M. O'Day ' acted
u Colonel Lee's adjutant. Capt. J, T,,
laifbt. Jt., --aud Lieut. George Wv
W Jr. were (Jeiieral Read's aides.
FT ? .? - ?
The citation from the war. department
th read by Cai>taiu Knight of General
tod's staff, and follows:
"John C. Villepigue, Corporal, Com
>uy M. One Hundred and Eighteenth
Infantry. For eonspicious gallantry and
atrepidity above and beyond the call
< duty iu action with the enemy at
fiw-AiHiigny, France, October 15, 1918.
hriaj been sent out with two other
?Iditr* to scout through the village of
Tm-Audigny, he met with strong re
wtince froan enemy machine gun fire,'
rteh killed one of his men and wound
d the other. Continuing his advance
^tout aid r?00 yards in advance of
fe platoon and in the face of machine
HP 'ad artillery lire, he encountered
tar of the enemy in a dugout whom he
and killed with a hand gre
lie. Crawling forward to a point 150
fto in advance of his first encounter,
) rmhed a machine gun nest, killing
*f and capturing six of the enemy and
foil two light- machine guns. .7,' After
joined by his platoon he waB se
?Hy wounded in the arm".
the relatives' who saw the
Mutation yesterday were : The mother
^ E. C. Villepigue, John M. Ville
? brother and Mrs. Villepigue;
bikers Misses Mary and Emma Vil
Sergt Charles Villepigue, a
?tor; and Miss Kate Villepigue, .an
who had more than a
interest in the proceeding? was
Hoteon Hilton, who was also a
Company M, One Hundred
Infantry, Camden, who
several weeks ago the con
m?><lnl (or distinguished scr*
Kran.ee. The award to Sergeant
was nia<le at Camp Gordon, At
This young man was only 19
old when he went into the ser
ening to enter the Univeraityi
Carolina this fall. ? ?
entfriiiK the army Corporal
? who is only 22 years old
*?ploye<l by a banking house in
He is now at his home in 1
but expects to come to Co- ,
abfuit July 1, where he has ac
a position in th6 State game de- 1
site
Herman
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MODEM
VENU
TRUCK FOR THIS COUNTY.
Government Semi# Ninth Quadruple Drive
For Use of Itoad Authorities.
Columbia. S. C., May 24. Tlu- State
Highway <\>inuut*>iou Iihh been notified
by the Federul Bureau of Ro|d| that 70
of the 290 motor truckt* which are to be
turned over to the Coiuinlsslou are ready
for shipment. The State Highway C/otu
mission haw instructed the Bureau of
Public Roads to have one 2-tou Nash
Quadruple Drive shipped from Indiana
polls to Kershaw. The truck will be
turned over to the road authoritiea of
Kershaw Couuty for use la maintaining
or constructing roads built Id whole or
lu part with Federal Aid.
ICounties which have made uo provis
ion to use Federal Aid iu constructing
roads or bridges cannot under the Fed*
eral law share iu the distribution
of trucfcs from the Federal Bureau
of Public Roads. These trucks are
part of the surplus war equipment
built by Uncle Saau for use iu whip
ping the ljuns. An Act of the last
Congress instructed the Secretary of
War to turu over to the Secretary of
Agriculture tor distribution to the State
Highway Commission, through the Fed
eral Bureau of Pufblic Roads, all sur
plus war equipment, including trucks.
It is expfocted that South Caroliuu will
get a good deal more road building equip
ment and supplies besides the 21K1 trucks
which have been given to It.
partinent.
Military regulations were such that
neither soldier* nor civilian* were al
lowed within the area yesterday restrict'
, ed for the medjtl presentation, and con- ,
sequently the 'speech of General Itead
oould not be heard distintely by the
group of young men from Camden, whoi
had coine to Columbia to see their com
rade so signally honored. FoHowing
the ceremony these admirers crowded
about inquiring "What did the general
say?" The young man blushed with be
coming modesty, but admitted the com
mander of the camp had said "some
mightty nice things," words calculated
to give a considerable bulge of the chest
?to a less^ modewt man.
Corporal Villapigue's right nrni was
bUdly wounded and the youthful hero
will in all probability go through lifel
with his arm slightly drawn. The story
is told that Dr. MJoultrie Brailsford of
Muliins, army surgeon with jfhe Thirtieth
Division, found Corporal Villepigue on
the battle field after he had been wound
ed. Recognizing the Camden boy, he
? made inquiry if the youth wm seriously
hurt. The curt reply the surgeon got
was, "No. but f want a cigarette".
Sergt. Charles Villepigue, a. brother,
was also a member of Company M. Thisj
company suffered frightfully in casual
ties in the drive on the western front.
Aocurate figures could not be procured
yesterday, but members of the company
thought 21 young men had been killed,
besides the great number wounded. When
the armistice had been signed, the com
pany had only about 80 men fit for ac
tion.
; The Villepigue boys are closely re
lated to former Governor Manning, and
direct descendants of the late Governor
Richardson of South Carolina. They bad
numerotme ancestors in the nation's wars,
four of which relatives were high com
manding officers in the War Between the;
States.
Among those from Camden who saw
the presentation of t^ie medal at Camp
Jackson, mpst of wWHn were at the
dinner at the Jefferson Hotel last night
were: v . . ?.
Thomas Ancrum, Lambert DePass,
Whit *T^e6olr, Btrgcno Lenoir, Vernon
McDowell, Jack Whi taker, Jr., Lenox
Kirkland, Addichs Kirkland, Jack Wat
kins, Edwin Guy, Cassolls Zemp, Sergt.
HtVbson Hilton, Charles E. DeLoach,
John L. Team, Kirkland Trotter, Bol
liver Boykin, L. Whit Boykin, Jr., Jules
Camipbell, Alfred McLeod, James H.
Clarkson, Leonard Schenk, Mendel L.
Smith., Jr., Ralph N. Shannon, J. Nor
wood Ancrum, Clyburn Taylor, Harold
Birchmore, Mortimer Boykin, Harry
Porter, Eugene Zemp. James Zemp and
E. C. Zemp and G. G. Alexander
A numlber of these were with Com
patay M in Fran c^ Five whd Were
wounded in France and who are yet
at the Base Hospital came to the parade
field to see the medal bestowed.
were: Sergt. Sam SoweM, Sergt. C. M.
Diokins, Corp. Harold Butler, Private
Cooper Peeples and Private John W.
Cole. Tjietrt. J. N. Ancrum of Camden,
now stationed at Camp Jackson was^
another of the home folk to see the
presentation. ... ,
rgeverai relatives frond* Columbia >leo
went to the camp for the occasion. They
were: lira. 8ta?l?ope Sams, Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Hafle, Maj. E. B. Can
tey, recently discharged from the aer
vee and Mrs. Canter
Mme. Olffa Petrova In "Exile" la billed
for burning * the Majestic Monday.
IHH'ULK TUAUKDY IN COLUMBIA
Police Officer Fires Kieveu Shot* Into
Couple Killing Them instantly.
( 'olniubia, S. C., M ay 2H.? Hhootlug
11 time* from two revolvers, every shot
taking effect, Eugene Lancaster, traffic
policeman uf this city, this aftenuxiui
about 5 o-VUodk imrtautly killed his
wife, Mrttf. AritiO I^anoaiHter, audi the
companion with whom she waa riding
lu an automobile, Newton .Loriek, a far'
mcr of the Dutch Fork aeetloa of Itlch
laud county.
At, the police department it is said
that Lancaater, and his wife were not
the moat congenial of companions and
it is aleged that the woman had been
receiving attentions from Lorlt'k, who
was an unmarried man.
Today Laucaster went to the Colum
bia aide of the Gervalt Street bridge
crossiug the Congaree river, and Is aaid
to have waited ovn his wife and Loriek,
who were riding in Lexington county.
When the couj)le reached this aide of
the river, Lancaster opened Are on them.
He emptied one revolver and fired five
ahota out of the other. Both were au
tomatic 88 caliber specials shooting six
rounds. Six of the balls entered the
body of Loriek, one penetrating both legs
and the aide of the automobile', and five
struck that of Mrs. Lancaater They
died immediately.
The car swerved out of the street
and^. nearly rolled down a 15-foot em
bankment. It waa running when Lan
caster fired the 11 sb&ts. Lancaster,
who- has been on the police force here
for a number of year8 and ia very pop
ular, had hia left leg broken, in two
places about seven Weeks ago, and today
It waa bound up and he waa on crutches.
There .are two conflicting versions as
to how he did the shooting. One is
that he was in an automobile when he
saw the car approaching with his wife
and LoriCk and he stepped out and
started firing at the couple, that he fell
down, got up and recommeuced firing.
Another is that he jumped on the run-*
ning bnai-<V of the machine and killed
the couple.
When the machine stopped the body
of Mrs. Lancaster was hanging over the
door on the .right side of the car and
that of Lancaster had slumped over on
the seat behind the dead woman. The
couple occupied tint front seat of a
touri-ug car.
Lancaster did not try to escape but
awaited the coming of Chief of Police
Richardson and ?Sheriff McCain. He
was considerably broken up over the
deed and before he was taken from the
scene he was sobbing, crying out and'
talking incoherently.
"Oh,ymy God, what made me do it",
he is alleged to have cried. Bis con
stant thought was for his children, of
which he has four, three boys and one
girl, the elder albout 15 years and the
youngest, the daughter, about seven years.
"My poor children, my poOfr children/'
he moaned, "what will become of them;
my darling little girl, she doesn't know,
she doesn't know."
When taken to the police barracks
this afternoon it wa? necessary to call
a physician to attend Lancaster for
several hours because of his deranged
nerves and mental condition.
CALLED MEETING OF CITIZENS I;
Will Meet at Court House Monday Even
ing to Discuss Street Improvement*.
-A meeting of all citisens of Camden,
both white and colored is called , Jfor
.Monday evening, at nine o'clock at the
county court house for the purpose of
hearing the matter of permanent street
improvements discussed.
Gilbert C. White, an engineer of Char-,
lotte, N. C., who has made a survey of
the city Will be present at the meeting
to tell of the cost and kind of work
to be done, and it is urged that there
be a large attendance of all citizens at
that hour. Other progressive towns
throughout the country are building per
manent street improvements and there
is no reason why Cspvden should be be
hind in these matters.
Married
r>-,N 'Ma rrfed on 'Sunday, May 2f>, at the
home of Probate' Judge McDowell, Mr.
William Henry Outlaw, of Lucknow,
and Miss Maggie Lee Newman, of Cam
den ; and Mr. John Tillman Rabon, of
Westvilie, and Miss Estelle Mattie Ste
wart, of Camden.
1 Mr. Harry Clenpner Hill, of Columbia,
and Miss M. Maud Hudson, of Wax aha w,
| N. Cf Wsie a ? fried at tfce Methodist
parsonage Tuesday evening by Dr. W,
W. Daniel. Miss Hudson kaa been a
nurse at the Osmdi? hospital for the
past year and Mr. Hill is a ^soldier .at
Camp Jackson. .
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Mrs. R. T. Goodale is spending Thura
day and Friday in Columbia, attending
a meeting of the State executive com
mittee of the Woman's Missionary Union.
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AVLATOK8 I'lCKKI) UP. AT 81CA
Hawker and Grieve Come llark On
Danish Steamer.
m?>' for
ami virtually given up for lont Harry
<} Hawker and bis navigator, Lieuteu
a,*t Commander Maokensle Grieve, Brit
ish airmen who essayed ft flight across
the Atlantic ocean, without protect.on
ugaiiiNt disaster wave what their frail
airplane afforded are safe tonight aboard
a British warship off the Orkney#. 1*>
morrow they will reach the maiulaud,
proceed to Ix>ndou, where they will be
acclaimed as men returned to life. I
s,?n. i- 1,100 tnilea out from New Found
land and 800 from the Irlah coast, on
Monday May 10, the aviators, maltlni
the beat of an eng iue wMoh was failing 1
to fuuotlon properlM, were forced to |
alight <>n the water. The Httle Danish I
at earner Mary, bound from New Or-j
leans and iWtflk for Aarhuua, Dewnaf*.
picked the wayfarers Up and continued I
on bir northward voyage. I
Lacking a wireless outfit, the captainl
of th e steamer was obHged to withhold I
the good tiding* of the reacue uivtll be
watt opposite Butt of- Lewis, where the I
information was signalled by means <*f|
flags, tihat Ha*|ker and Grieve were!
aboard his ship. I
Immediately word was flashed to the I
British admiralty, which sent out de- 1
stroyer* to overtake the Danish vessel J
and ohtaln confirmation, ,t,This was done I
and one of the destroyers took the air
men off. and later, .transferred them to
the flagship Revenge.
From this safe hav^n Hawker sentj
a message tonight that his machine 1
had stopped ^ owing to the blocking of |
the water circulation system.
London, May 25.? tfarry G. Hawker 1
and Lieutenant Commander Mackensiel
Grieve, the two^- airmen who started last!
Sunday in an attempt to fly across the
Atlantic ocean from St. Johns, N. F., 1
have beeu picked up at sea. lloth men I
are in perfect health.' . I
The first report of the aviators siuce
their "jump off" last Sunday came when
the Mary, which was bound from -X<wr4
folk to Arahuus, rounded the Butt of 1
Lewis today and wigwagged- the faetj
tbat*ftie had Hawker and Grieve aboard?*
"Saved hands of Sopwith alrplunC",
was the signal. f
"Is it' Hawker?" was the question
sent out by the flags from the Butt, I
which is the most northwesterly point
of the Hebrides group off Scotland. ?? j
"Yes," laconically replied the Mary. j
The admiralty immediately sent out I
a fast torpedoboat destroyer in an en
deavor to intercept the' Mary and take!
off the aviators. There was an anxious I
wait of several hours, when the word I
was flashed that the destroyer had come j
across the steamer and transferred Haw- 1
ker and Grieve and was taking them 1
to Thurso, on the northern coast of I
Scotland, about 100 miles east of the I
Butt of Lewis. i
The news of the rescue has electri-1
\fied all Britain. All destroyers, after!
a thorough search of the Atlantic for j
800 miles from the Irish coast, had!
given up the quest and there was prac-l
ticallly no hope thart the airmen were!
?live. o j
This morning, however, the forlorn!
hbpe that the aviators might be picked 1
j ug> by some craft without wifeless was!
i realised. The Danish steamer Mary, j
crawling along at 'nine knots, was the I
lucky vessel, and her brief message toj
the watchers at the Butt of Lewis, as I
she proceeded on her way to Scotland, |
left the public, to speculate wonderlttgly I
over the details of the airmen's adven- 1
tures* . : t r it
The admiralty immediately dispatch
ed destroyers from northern points to
intercept the Mary and The Daily Mail
instructed all signal stations to try to
communicate with the captain with the
request to kmd~ the aviators at some
Scottish port. The admiralty quest suc
ceeded, and a wireless message came
from the destroyer Woolsun late in the
evening that she had overtaken the Mary
and had transferred the aviators.
Nothing except some great battle has
excited I?ndon more than today's un
expected tidings. The public was dis
posed1 VJto question wB?ther the first re
port could be trusted, and the admiralty
startement that it' was taking measures
to vfritfy the report iftdtaated doubt
which the Woolsun '? message dispelled.
The modest Hawker home near Surbi
ton was quickly the center of interest.
Crowds of people swarmed there. Mrs.
Hawker, who had only on Sunday re-,
reived a telegram of condolence from
King Qeorgs, ?06: .
"I had a presentment all along that
Z should see toy btsdband again. I wss
confident afl the time, although every
one condoled with me. I am overjoyed
and too overcome to talk now.**
When the airplane aped away from
her starting point. Pilot Hawker let
loose hts wheels and undergearfng. there
by lightering die weight of the maehfae
KKKMH.WV NEWS N0TJK8 J
Inlfmtlni Happenings Gathered From
The Kra of Titnf Place.
Lieut. Carl Horton whk here Saturday
to uttiMKl the funeral of brother,
Luther It. llnrton. jfe!wJW truveiiug U\
Florida mid ?aio?' fwun Jacksonville,
having boon telegraphed the sad news
of his brother's killing
Dr, J. V, Thompson spent la?t week
cud in Kershaw at tJ?o homo of hia
father-in-law, W. L. Blackiunii. Dr.'
Thompson aud Archie Blackiuon are mak
lug their arrangements for opening 1
druf store at Landrum, lu Spartauburg
county. They have purchased their stock
of goods and hope to be ready for busi
ness right soon.
lteese Blackw&ll received a telegram
yesterday from hia brother, Hoyt Black
well; stating that he bad arrived at
Newport Newa from overseas and ex
pected to reach home in a few days.
A shooting scrape occurred early Sat
urday morning in the lowe* side of
town between Dock Stover aud Dock
Lanier, both colored, but neither of the
combatants wafe hit.
?Clyde Gregory has received his dis
charge and has returned to his home near
Kershaw. Clyde reached France on Sat
urday before the armistice wa? signed
on Monday.
The many friends of Hubert S. Floyd
will be pleased to learn that he is con
siderably improved and was able to re
turn home from the Fenuell infirmary
last Wednesday.
The 'Weatville School, taught by Miea
Ottey .Mk*( 'ask ill. will close Friday May
30, after a very successful term. A
picnic will be given On the school
grounds. All the patrons and their
friends are cordially invited to attend
and bring well filled baskets.
iMmh Annie Baker received a telegram
Friday from her cousin, Lewis Baker,
telling her ' that he had just arrived at
Camp Hill, Va., from overseas antj ex
podted to get home in a few days.
Mr. aivd Mrs. J. Doby Huckabee and
children of Camden visited their aunt
Mrtf. T. A. -Watts last week
Robert F. Cauthen arrived last week
from overseas, having received his dis
charge from the .army.
i Mrs. W. H. Jones is visiting her mother
at English, in the West Wateree sec
tion of Kershaw county.
Mrs. M. H. Brewer left Monday to
visit her daughter Mrs. H. L. Bichey ,
at Camden
Mrs. Lavinia Horton died about 5
o'clock Tuesday moaning May 27th at
the hoane of her son, B. B. Horton near
Kershaw,, after an illness of about six
weeks. Mrs. Horton was 88 ye^rs of' ?
age, having been born January 24, 1831;
She leave -three children, one daughter,
Mrs. W. T. Catoe of Spartanburg, aud
two sons W. J. Horton and E. H Horton
of near Kershaw surviving.- ??
New Superintendent.
MSha Etta L. Robins ha* been selected
as the new superintendent of <th? Cam
den hospital. MHss Robins .comes t?J
Camden from the hospital at Camp
Wheeler, Maoon, Qa.
Miss Willie Watfcins is spending the
week in Cheraw.
bj a considerable amount, but making
a possible landing on the soil of Ire
land a more hazardous venture. This,
however, probably proved of much advan
tage to him ? when it became necessary
to alight on the surface of the water.
The airplane remained afloat with diffi
culty during the hour and a half it
J99^ ibe_ Danish steamer to. come up
and effect a rescue.
. ? ?:
Owing to the difgcuHies of communi
cation, some time must pass before the
full details of one of the most remark
able voyages ev?r undertaken are known.
Hawker has sent the Jollowitig^ttap^naye
from the R&rehge, to the Daily Mail :
"My machine stopped owing to the
water filter in the feed pipe from the ra
diator to the water pump blocked with
refine, such as solder and the like shak
ing loose in the radiator.
"It was no fa lilt of the Rolls Royce
motor, which ran -absolutely perfectly
from start to finish, even when all the
water bad boiled away.
"We had no trouble in landing on
the sea, where we were picked up by
the tramp ship Mary, after being In the
watpr for "ninety minutes. We leave
Thurso at 2 fp. m. Mapday, arriving
in London Tuesday evening.**
London, May 25. ? Hawker and Qrieve
wsts in the lnttf"Rf ln hour and 1
half before being taken aboard the steam
er Mary. ?
' CmuoUUm Prls* of MM Pounds.
London, May 25.? The London Daily
Mail, which offered a purse of $50,000
for the first flight by a heavierthan
air cradfc across the Atlantic ocean wDf
five Hawlyi sad Grieve a consul atiQO
prise s# 5fiOQ posads. *
NAVAL CRAFT CROSSES SKA
Seaplane Make* First Trans-Atlantic
Flight To Harbor at Lisbon.
Watdiingtou, May 27.? Biasing the
way of the first air trail frotn the West- '
ern to the Hasten) heml?plui?\ the I ? nit?*?t
State* navy MtpUne NC-4, under Lieut.
Commander Albert Cushing Head, swept
Mnto the harbor at Lisbon, Portugal to
day the Hint airship of auy kind to have
crossed the Atlantic qceau under its
own power an^ through Its natural ele
ment.
Taking the air at Pouta Delgada,
A so res, at 6:18 a. in. Washington time,
ou the last leg of , the trans oceanic por
tlou of the voyage from Rock away Beach,
Long Islaud, to Plymouth, England, the
NC-4 covered the 800 miles in nine hours
and forty-three minutes, maintaining an
average speed of better than 80. knots/
an hour. The total elpsed flying time
from New Foundland to Lisbon was 20
hours and 41 minutes,
At the first opportunity-' the big plane
will continue to Plymouth, 77ft nautical
miles to the north. Possibly Commander
; Read cg^. start tomorrow. To the Navy
Department, however, it makes little dif
ference wheu he completes the journey.
The great object of all the effort lav
ished on the undertaking, navigation of
g seaplane across the Atlantic through
the air has been accomplished. Twenti
eth century transportation has rcachod a
new pinnacle and the United States has
led the way
Navy officials emphasised that the long
delay at the Azores was due to the
weather aud to no weakness of the ma
chine or its daring crew, nor to any
failure of the carefully laid plans of
ttre department "to~"IuM? the flyers to
their destination. The fourteen destroy
ers strung from Ponta Delgada to Lis
bon reported with machine-like precision
today as the flight progressed. Tho plane
was never_off Its course, and there wa|
no moment when officials In Washing
ton did not know within a few miles
where It was in* the air.
To maintain aritxpmte commlncation
for this stage of the journey the de
stroyers stuck to their posts after tho
flying boat had passed, relaying baok to
Ponta Delgada reports from ships far
ther eastward. The chain was not brok
en ui*til the plane moored for the night -
near the cruiser Rochester at Lisbon.
For the next few hundred miles of
his epoch-making journey Commander
Read and his crew will bo within sight ?
of the Portuguese or Spanish coast in
the .sweep northward. Skirting the coast
of Cape Fhiisterre, they will bead, out
across the Bay of Biscay to sight Brest,
the mpst westerly point of France,
hence direct t'6 Plymouth. The destroy
ern th^f will guide them across the bay
Werev toltaady In position tonight pro
Tided with the flares and bombs that
have made the trip safe thus far except
for J he fog that' forced the other two'
machines of the seaplane division, the ,
NC-1 and NC-3 out of the flight after
they had safely negotiated virtually the
entire distance from New Foundland to
the Azores. ^
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Negro's Capture Hourly ExpecUfcL
Mom Witherspoon, the negro who last
Friday shot and killed Luther Horton
near Kershaw and made hie escape into
Fairfield county, was reported Wednes
day and yesterday to be surrounded in
a wood' near where the Kershaw and
Fairfield county lines Join, and his cap
ture is hourly expected. Sheriff Hunter
and many Kershaw and Lancaster citi
zens have been continually in. -the chase
since last Friday. Last niglit several
car loada of new passed through
Camden to relieve those who have been
constantly in the chasev Hie negro
is said to have been shot at by a mem
ber of the party, and another report
is that they have found ? his. hat at a..
Spring where he Stopped to get Water.
~Thfe crowd got too close onto him and
in his, hurry he left his hart. ----- -
Witherspoon is said ito have killed -?
a negro several years, ago near the Hor
ton home and the Hortons were instru
mental, in getting him out of the trouble.
It is said the negro baa never been
farther fkWBjr from home than Lancaster
and it is not thought possible that he ..
will venture far away from home and
feia- oaipture is eapeeted soon.
WU1 Move. to lnuidM."
Mr. GK B. Clyburn, of Befhune, was
in Camden Tuesday, and tella us that
he will move to Florida shortly to make
his future home Mr. ' Cljtrarn spent '
a short while at White Springs, Fla.,
not long- ago and liked the place' so well
that fee purchased fete a home, .lin,
| Clytwrn and children will join him later.
He haa not sold wit his property at
Bethune Jiad Will continue to hold this.
Mr. Clyburn tells us that a brick road
is soon to be built from Valdosta, Qa.,
to White flfc>rin#s, and a- new company
has tak^n orsr the wrings property sad
he predicts a great boom for the place. *